Combined waistband, stay, and drop-curtain.



F. M.- PAGE.

COMBINED WAISTBAND, STAY, AND DROP CURTAIN.

I APPLICATION FILED APR. 12. I915.

Patented Oct. 24,1916.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRED M. PAGE, OF SWAMPSCOTT, MASSACHUSETTS.

COMBINED WAISTBAND, STAY, AND DROP-CURTAIN.

Application filed April 12, 1915. Serial No. 20,774.-

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRED M. PAGE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Swampscott, in the county of Essex and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined .Waistbands, Stays, and Drop-Curtains; and

and cover up the seams and rough edges and act as a button stay at the top of the trousers. In placing the waist band in the trousers the rough edge of the cloth at the top of the waist is united with a strip of canvas and the canvas folded over inside the trousers. After these are sewed together the canvas and the rough edge of thetrouser cloth is then covered with a waist band which may extend down farenough to cover the Waist line seams and the stitches for attaching belt loops, or a drop curtain may be attached to the bottom of the waist band to cover these seams. With this and similar constructions, several strips of material are separately fitted and attached-while inserting the waist band, requiring three or four machine seams and several hand stitched seams.

The primary object of the present invention is to provide a combined waist band, stay and drop curtain for the waists of trousers which can be prepared in lengths appropriate for all sizes of trousers and adapted to be uickly united as one piece in the trouser waist while giving a neat appearance and the proper shape and body to the waist.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented oet. 24, 1916.

Other features of the invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art from the following detailed description and the accompanying claims.

The preferred form of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of the waist of a pair of trousers embodying the preferred form of the invention; Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the combined waist band, stay and drop C111 tain, and Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation of the combined waist band, stay and drop curtain taken on the line X of Fig. 2.

In the illustrated embodiment of the invention, the combined waist band, stay and drop curtain as an article of manufacture consists of a stay strip 10, a waist band strip 12, and drop curtain strip 14 all united to form one piece. The stay strip may be made -of any suitable material such as filled drill,

upon itself sothat the raw edges come together and these edges are placed upon the waist band to approximately register with the uniting edge 16. A line of stitches 18 isthen placed close to the edges of the three assembled members to unite them together. The Waist band strip is then folded back over the face of the stay strip and is wide enough so that its free edge 20 will project a short distance beyond the free edge 22 of the stay. The combined waist band, stay and drop curtain manufactured in this way is then cut into lengths suitable for trousers so that it can be placed in the trousers without any trimming or fitting.

In placing the combined waist band, stay and drop curtain in the waist of a pair of trousers, its face or waist band side is placed against the outside face of the trouser cloth 26 with the raw edge of the trouser cloth in register with the free edge 20' of the waist band. They are then united by a line of stitches 28 and the combined waist band, stay and drop curtain is folded over with the edge. 22 "of the stay as an axis so as to the edges BO-united by the seam 28 between the stay andthe cloth 26. This edge is then pressed down and .the lower edge of the drop curtain 14 is tacked by sets line of stitches .connecting thewaist band,

stay and drop curtain are concealed, which tend to give a a neat appearance to the trousers. Further, with this form of connection, the combined waist band, stay and drop curtain can be united quickly and easily in the trousers and when in place will give the waist the desired rigidity or stiffness and hold the shape of the waist in the trousers.

This combined waist band, stay and drop curtain constitutes a garment part which is adapted conveniently and easily to be incorporated into the garment and there to discharge the duties for which it is intended in a highly efiicient,'satisfactory and durable manner. Thus the part, when incorporated in a pair of trousers, forms a stiffening for the waist of the trousers and maintains the shape of the waist. It is convenient for use in the manufacture -of the trousers and contributes to shorten the length of time required in the manufacture, and therefor to reduce the cost. The construction commends itself to the garment part manufacturer by reason of the fact that it is inexpensive to make, inasmuch as only one labor operation is required to be performed upon the article in the process of its manufacture, namely, the sewing of the seam by which the waist band, the stay, and drop curtain are united.

Havin thus described the invention, what is c aimedis:

1. A combined waistband, stay and drop curtain for garments, comprismg a stay strap, a lining strap covering one side of said stay strap and having its lower edge folded around the lower edge of said stay strap and stitched thereto adjacent said lower edge and with its upper edge extending beyond the upper edge of the stay strap to form a free edge adapted for engagement with the garment, and a drop curtain strip folded upon itself and-having its contactin longitudinal edges secured to said stay an lining strips by the stitching which secures the stay and lining strips together.

2. A combined waistband, stay and drop curtain for garments, comprising a stay strip, alining strip having one edge secured to the lower edge of said stav strip in overlapping position and of sufficient width to enable it to be folded around said lower edge of the stay strip and completely cover one face of the stay strip and project beyond the upper edge thereof to form a free attaching edge, and a drop curtain strip secured against the overlapping edge of the lining strip.

FRED M. PAGE. 

